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Bondi to Denmark
Sculpture by the Sea goes abroad.
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Mimi Gates to step down at Seattle Art Museum
Mimi Gates is retiring from her post as director of Seattle Art Museum in June 2009.
Seattle Times |
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Summer concerts start with blues Thursday
The Sonny Moorman Group will kick off the Oxford Summer Music Festival series for 2008 with a concert Thursday, June 5. The free weekly concerts offer a variety of music styles starting at 7:30 p.m. each Thursday through August in the John W. Altman Performance Pavilion in the Uptown parks.
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If you go to CMA Music Fest
All shows on the Greased Lightning Riverfront Daytime Stages and the Vault Concert Stage at LP Field require a festival pass or single-day ticket. All other events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
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Claridge's Portrait Gallery zoning amendment appealed to OMB
City council's zoning decision that would allow Claridge Homes to build a 20-storey tower and an adjacent 24-storey tower to potentially house the National Portrait Gallery is being appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board.
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This one's for the art lovers
I went to The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth the other day and saw this awesome exhibit of artist Kehinde Wiley.
The Shorthorn |
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Gallery's goal: beauty for the eyes and spirit
A new business in Hudsonville offers one-of-a-kind gifts and decorative items. The Painted Trillium Gallery, located at 5489 32nd Ave., was recently opened by sisters Sherri Kanten and Deb Dobbs. A grand opening is scheduled for June 10 to 13.
MLive.com |
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Swap and shop old art supplies
Absolutely Art owners plan a green weekend. The community-based art gallery on Madison's Near East Side is hosting its first Re-Art Swap Saturday, when artists, teachers and parents can find free supplies and ideas for using another artist's cast-offs. Meghan Blake-Horst, gallery co-owner and manager, says, "The cost for art supplies is a really big factor. Hopefully, this way artists, teachers ...
Wisconsin State Journal |
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June Calendar
1: Bush House Museum open house, featuring refreshments and tours of the Victorian residence, 1 to 4 p.m., Bush House Museum, 600 Mission St. SE, Salem. Free Call (503) 363-4714 or go to www.salemart.org
Salem Statesman Journal |
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Digital Forensics: Photo Tampering Throughout History [Slide Show] [Features]
This story is a supplement to the feature "Digital Forensics: How Experts Uncover Doctored Images" which was printed in the June 2008 issue of Scientific American. Photography lost its innocence not long after it was born. As early as the 1860s photos were already being manipulated--only a few decades after Joseph Nicéphore Niépce created the first photograph in 1826. With the advent of ...
Scientific American |
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Gates to step down as SAM director in '09
Seattle Art Museum Director Mimi Gates said she will step down from her post as of July 1, 2009.
Puget Sound Business Journal |
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Stocks Stay in the Red
Wachovia shakeup and manufacturing woes rattle investors, though an easing in oil prices helped toward the end of the trading day.
TheStreet.com |
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PhotoChannel Reports Record Revenues for Fiscal Q1, 2008
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - PhotoChannel Networks Inc. , the leading innovator in online digital photography and media solutions for retailers, reports its financial results for the three and six month periods ended March 31, 2008.
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bSpotlight letter: /bSundial might fit better on west side of town
As generous and well meaning as the gift of the Opera House Square sundial is--a gift provided by truly civic-minded people-I think we should recognize that it does not conform architecturally with the buildings in downtown Oshkosh. The re-constructive efforts to restore our central city call for a sculpture in keeping with its original architectural style. Why not relocate the sundial to a West ...
The Oshkosh Northwestern |
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Mimi Gates to retire as director of Seattle Art Museum
Mimi Gates, who joined the Seattle Art Museum as its director in 1994 and saw it through a major expansion and the opening of a waterfront sculpture park, plans to retire from the museum in year's time.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Peter Cooper's CMA Music Festival week picks
We locals can see Keith Urban at the sandwich shop, Brad Paisley at the P.F. Chang's or Chris Cagle at the courthouse, so the autograph-grabbing portion of the CMA Music Festival isn't of terrific interest in the 615. The Fest has evolved into something much more than a place to get signatures, though, and many of the finest performances take place away from the big stadium stage at LP Field. ...
The Tennessean |
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Festival stages Canadian talent from all genres
There’s no denying the across-the-board appeal of this year’s Mississauga Waterfront Festival that returns to Port Credit Memorial Park from June 13-15. This year’s Main Stage headliners include Vancouver’s Matthew Good, Canadian blues rock icon Colin James, Mississauga singer Suzie McNeil and hometown guitar hero Rik Emmett and band.
Mississauga News |
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Sand sculpture polar bear to mark Environment Day
Puri, Jun 2 (UNI) A giant sand sculpture ''polar bear'' crushed by a shoe will mark World Environment Day with a signage that reads, ''Your carbon footprints have leather shoes.''
Deepika |
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Tlingit helmet sells at auction for nearly $2.2 million
A private collector recently purchased a rare Tlingit warrior's helmet for more than $2 million at an East Coast auction house.
Miami Herald |
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An expanded USGA Museum reopens in NJ
FAR HILLS, N.J. (AP) -- A museum aspiring to be "the Cooperstown of golf" reopens Tuesday after a nearly $20 million expansion.
Sports Illustrated |
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American Academy of Pediatrics Launches 2008 National Art Contest for Children
There is still time to enter the American Academy of Pediatrics National Childrens Art Contest. The contest is open to boys and girls in two groups, grades 3-5 and 6-8. The winner in each group and their parents/guardians will be invited to attend the 2008 AAP National Conference & Exhibition in Boston on October 11.
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Museum exploring Woodstock music festival opens
A museum offering an interactive, in-depth look at 1969's landmark Woodstock music festival officially opened to the public in Bethel, N.Y., on Monday.
CBC |
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Canvassing for upcoming Swiss artists
As all eyes turn to the Art Basel contemporary art fair, young Swiss talents are showing what they have to offer in a parallel exhibition in the city.
Swissinfo |
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An expanded USGA Museum reopens in NJ
FAR HILLS, N.J. (AP) -- A museum aspiring to be "the Cooperstown of golf" reopens Tuesday after a nearly $20 million expansion.
Sports Illustrated |
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Instruments strike chord at National Music Museum
One visitor might be drawn to the six-string Spanish guitar on which Bob Dylan composed some of his earliest songs.
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